A couple weeks ago, on a road trip to San Francisco, my friend and I started to talk about our bucket lists…

The conversation started when we were reminiscing about how we really need/want to apply to be a team on the next Amazing Race. (Something we have talked about for YEARS). The conversation reminded me about the time I auditioned for the Real World when I was in college because it was “one of those things on my bucket list”. That is when my friend jumped in and said, “we need to write out our buckets lists, see which items match, then go do them together!”

Normally, I am not one for writing down lists. I never write down new years resolutions, usually struggle at the grocery store because I can’t remember what I needed and forgot to write a list, etc. The only lists I am good at are letters to Santa with what I want for Christmas. But the idea of a bucket list intrigued me.

As defined by Urban Dictionary, a bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you die, or more specifically, before you kick the bucket.

So, as I started to day dream about my bucket list, I realized that everything I want to do/accomplish before I die generally ties into travel.

So here it is. My Travel Bucket List. This list is by no means exhaustive. I plan to add to it as inspiration hits.

1. Audition for the Amazing Race
2. Go on a hot air balloon ride
3. Go on a safari in the Serengeti
4. Go to Yellowstone National Park
5. Walk on the Great Wall of China
6. Go to the Galapagos Islands
7. Attend a music festival in the UK
8. Attend Coachella
9. Hike to Machu Picchu
10. Buy a summer home in the UK
11. See the Northern Lights
12. See penguins in their natural habitat
13. Visit Luang Prabang, Laos
14. Visit Meteora, Greece
15. Visit all 7 continents (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
16. Take a cruise to Alaska
17. Go to Hawaii and hike to a volcano
18. Learn a 2nd language
19. Attend the Olympics
20. Learn to tango… in Argentina
21. Practice yoga in India
22. Grow some cojones and go cliff diving

Does your bucket list look similar to mine? Should we go plan a vacation together and check some of these off the list?